Seemingly much more stressful than the kindergarten years. I lucked out with my sons teacher who also had a dairy allergy! She was very understanding! We have decided to not have him stay for lunch, perhaps once and awhile but first I need to see how it works in the classroom before allowing it. That means four fun trips to the school a day! I guess Mommy wont be doing to much relaxing lol but I would be to worried otherwise! Ugh praying for the day he outgrows this but it is seeming less likely 90% my butt!!

I do the same thing - home for lunch every day, so yes, 4 trips to the school. It's worth it. We were also lucky that in Gr 1 the teacher was ana to penicillin, and had to self administer her own epipen, so 'got it'. Waiting to see what will happen in Gr 2, I HOPE shared snacks (bday cupcakes etc.) are a thing of the past, but I'm not holding my breath!!

At our school I believe it's a rule that parents cannot bring in treats for birthdays or any other holidays unless they are having a specific party. It makes things much easier! They do this for allergies but also because the school is very diverse and all the kids celebrate different things and some don't acknowledge birthdays etc.

So far so good, the Gr 2 teacher 'gets it' and is against sugary bday treats for reasons other than allergies, but they still make it through sometimes. She thanked me profusely for providing a bag of safe snacks for DS, and said that although she has had allergic children before I'm the FIRST to provide her with safe alternatives.

It makes me think...if not all allergic parents 'get it', it probably shouldn't be a surprise that many without allergies don't either.

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